In the June quarter 2009, the trend estimate for mutton production decreased 4% to 55 thousand tonnes.

The trend estimate for wool receivals by brokers and dealers decreased 6% in the last year to the June quarter 2009.

The original estimate for exports of live cattle increased 37% in the June quarter to 234 thousand.

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Release Date

September 2009

13 November 2009

INTRODUCTION

This publication presents statistics on livestock slaughterings (including chickens), meat production, milk intake by factories, market milk sales by factories, receivals of wool by brokers and dealers, exports of live sheep and cattle and exports of meat. It also includes seasonally adjusted and trend totals for numbers slaughtered, meat produced, whole milk intake and wool receivals. More detailed information can be obtained by contacting the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) or by referring to the monthly ABS publication Livestock and Meat, Australia (cat. no. 7218.0.55.001).

CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE

The number of tables released in the PDF of this publication have been reduced since the December 2008 release to include only summary data. More detailed data formerly contained within the PDF of this publication can now be found in the relevant Time Series Spreadsheets on the Downloads tab of Livestock Products, Australia (cat. no. 7215.0).

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